Location:
Briarcliffe College, Bethpage, N.Y.
The LIDXA President, Marty, NN2C, called the meeting of
October 15 to order at 8:08 PM. Members present (per sign-in on the
blackboard) included K2MFY, NN2C, KE2LJ, W2FGD, WA2RB, AG2A, W2VZQ, N2KA, NX2F,
KC2KY, KD1F, N2DXJ and XYL.
In terms of DX, specific activities were
highlighted:
Starting
the business portion of tonight’s meeting was the approval of the September 17
meeting minutes. These minutes were
accepted as presented. In addition, the
minutes were prepared in advance by the club’s secretary, Ed, K2MFY, and sent
out to the membership with the club’s October meeting notice. Thanks to the efforts of KE2LJ, Pat, the
minutes appear in the LIDXA web site at: http://www.qsl.net/lidxa.
Since club Treasurer, John, W2GW was not present at tonight’s meeting; there was no Treasurer’s report.
Marty mentioned that next week he would be
attending the annual RSGB HF Convention at Gatwick, England. This meeting will celebrate the 40th
anniversary of the IOTA program. A
special program is being planned that will present major new IOTA
developments. Marty is looking forward
to attending this international convention and meeting with world-renown
DXers. In addition a number of DXers
will be presenting highlights from their recent trips and DXpeditions.
The club was updated on
the present health condition of long-time LIDXA member and board member, Lew,
W2BIE. Lew was recently admitted into
the hospital with stomach pains. His
condition is now stable and he has been moved to a nearby rehab center. Marv, W2FGD, visited him recently at the
rehab center in the Hempstead Nursing Home and said he is recuperating
slowly. He is not in the best of
spirits. Although Marv sent Lew a
get-well card from the LIDXA, he urged members to contact Lew by mail or in
person and try to bolster his spirits.
It was hoped that he would be returning home shortly.
Ed
mentioned that he had heard that ex-member John Krzymuski, N2QW, had relocated
to Georgia. Also Ed thanked the club
for the inputs he received at the last meeting regarding questions on ground
rods. Ed was able to purchase several
eight-foot ground rods at the local Home Depot.
Pat mentioned that he and Neil,
KC2KY had been attending planning meetings on the next 2005 Ham Radio
University (HRU). HRU 2005 is scheduled for Sunday, January 9, 2005
at the Briarcliffe College in Bethpage.
Full details on HRU 2005 could be found on the Web at http://www.hudson.arrl.org/nli/hru2005.htm.
The
membership reviewed last year’s agenda for our “DX Forum” presentation. At the present time our allotted time spot
is for one (one hour) session, or about 50 minutes of presentation time. If another session is given to the club,
then additional time would be spent on the topics below, or additional subjects
could be introduced.
It was felt
that the schedule below could accommodate 50-minute time duration: Members listed volunteered to host the
topic:
·
Overview of DXing—What’s DX——NN2C, Marty
·
DX Propagation——K2MFY, Ed
·
Operating Techniques——W2FGD, Marv
·
ARRL DXCC Program——KD1F, Emil
·
DX Aids on the Computer——AG2A, Tom
Pat suggested that questions from the
audience be held until the end of the entire session. Also handouts would have to be prepared in December.
Marty suggested that the club, in conjunction
with other sponsors of HRU 2005, should set up a table in the cafeteria of the
College. Attending club members would
be able to hand out information regarding the LIDXA and perhaps recruit some
new members.
A video on the famous February 2001 DXpedition to Comoros Island as D68C was shown. This multi-national DXpedition grossed over 168,000 contacts during their three week DXpedition. A world record that still stands!
This meeting concluded early at around 9:40 PM after all the scheduled
business and entertainment had finished.
The next meeting will be held on November 19, 2004.
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Ed Whitman, K2MFY
LIDXA Secretary